Remarks by Rachel Streitfeld
749 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 30
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“Okay, that's fine with me. Let's move on to commission reports. Commissioner Darrow, do you want to go first?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Treboni. No report. Vice Mayor Cook.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. I do have a report, but I'm going to start by asking the village manager for a couple of updates on two key items related to the community center. The first is, where do things stand on operational hours for the fields, if you could share with the community? And the second is, when will the community center be fully open to the public so that they can use it? Thank you.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I have some follow-up questions. We have our consent agenda tonight is the approval, essentially, of the vendor who's going to operate, maintain the cafe for this community center. But we don't have a finalized agreement with that vendor. We're selecting, approving the vendor so that we can move forward with an actual contract. And then they can start Building out the space? That is correct. Okay. And so the timeline for a cafe, what do you think we're talking about here? Eight months, 10 months?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, well, that's helpful to at least manage our expectations as we head into the fall and school opening again. What can residents expect when school starts again in terms of the use of that community center? We have an after-school program.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, but let me follow up on the question that I asked because the first one was the operational, the hours I meant in terms of the fields. How's that conversation going? When you say the fields, we're talking about the soccer fields? Yes. There's been a discussion about revisions to that exhibit, right? And the exhibit, yes, includes the pickleball and the pedal courts. And I think having an update on that is fine, but what I'm specifically curious about is the fields. Yeah, the fields, the use of the fields.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Can I clarify? The board members have to vote to approve this agreement or a school board representative can sign off on the changes?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I want to use this opportunity during my report to share some feedback. So I've been knocking on doors. That's actually not exactly what I've been doing. I've been very specifically reaching out to neighbors who live around the community center, many of whom have lived in North Bay Village for decades. Okay. There is a very real and justified sense of disappointment among our residents. And I don't mean to take anything away from the extraordinary celebration that we had to open that community center. To see a thousand neighbors come out in the rain and dance with us was just an unbelievably…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“They're reserving the field just like everyone else, because this is my understanding. My understanding is that anyone who wants to get out on any of the fields will be, unless you're with our North Bay Village recreational soccer program or with a club, right? The field space that is available for general use by the public. Right. You're booking a field on an app. Yep. And my understanding is if you are a North Bay Village resident, you are in a system and you are not paying to book that field.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“The village attorney is looking at you with like a whole lot of side eye. I think what the kids say.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“That leads me to believe that the village attorney wasn't aware of this gray area slash dispute. Is that correct? That's correct. Okay.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's apparently a very common app that people generally use to play soccer.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's actually a separate app, very inconveniently. And then there will be a third platform for our actual community center program. It's not ideal, folks. We've asked them. We asked for integration. It's on the horizon. we hope we hope but yeah that's the reality okay all right so we've beat this course a little bit you're going to communicate um and give us an update and give one to the residents about the hours and that kind of thing i appreciate it okay um i want to piggyback on something that commissioner costa said in her report which was i don't know what specifically you're talking…”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Thanks. All right. Let's move on now to the village attorney's report.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Then the sprinklers work. One step at a time. Yes.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“I heard through the grapevine, which is basically I ran into their arborist, the Anson's arborist, and they are evaluating the trees over at Grove by the Bay. And I mentioned to their arborist, if they're looking for somewhere to relocate trees, you know, Anson Memorial, Anson Family Park?”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Anson, I don't know. I don't know if there's that.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. So the Anson Family Park would be a really great place since there's obviously no trees there.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“No, it's my apologies. That's okay. Please. Yes. Let's welcome our new Treasure Island Elementary School principal. Go ahead.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026
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“Right. So we'll see you on Saturday and Sunday morning for the exercise.”
Village Commission · Jul 28, 2026